Welcome!

You've reached the Orange County Needle Exchange Program. We couldn't
be happier to meet you. If you need clean needles, have dirty ones, need HIV
or hepatitis C testing, or are otherwise in need of help, you've come to the
right place.

When visiting one of our sites, you'll briefly check in with one of our staff
members. Then, you'll dispose of your needles in one of our sharps containers
and get your clean supplies. We exchange on a one-for-one plus 20 basis,
meaning that we'll give you as many syringes as you dispose of, plus 20.

Hours

We are open every Saturday in Santa Ana from 12 PM - 3 PM. Please stop by and
we'll be happy to help you!

Directions

From Flower St. and 6th St., go east into the Civic Center parking lot.
You'll see a large plaza with many flags in a circle. Walk up the stairs to
the flag plaza and turn right towards a large fountain. Once you're at the
fountain, you'll see the library to your left and some stairs down to a plaza
with some trees on your right. Walk down those stairs and that's where we'll
be!

From Santa Ana Blvd. and Ross St., go west on Santa Ana Blvd. until you see a
large parking structure on your right. Turn right and walk past that parking
structure towards City Hall. When City Hall is right in front of you, look
left and you'll see stairs heading into a walkway. Go up that walkway and
you'll see us to the right!

Please feel free to call us if you have any trouble. Please
know that we may not monitor that voicemail when we're open, but if you call
us beforehand we'll call you back and make sure you understand how to find us.

Volunteer

We are a 100% volunteer-run needle exchange. We are medical students,
undergraduates, community members, parents, and you! If you are passionate
about helping your community, we want you on our team. Volunteers for OCNEP
run the exchange, manage our finances, develop research protocols, listen to
feedback, and everything else related to the program.

We have meetings every Monday at 7 PM, half in Orange, half in Irvine. If
you'd like to come to meet us and hear about how to get more involved, contact
us — we'd love for you to join us!

To apply, email us with a brief description of what motivates
you to volunteer and any specific skills to help us understand where you might
fit in the organization.

Supporters

We thank the following organizations and individuals for their continued
partnership, support, and dedication to harm reduction and public health in
Orange County: